North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: SBC forcing new contract on ISPs
What I meant, and probably should have worded more clearly, is that by forcing DSL ISPs to use PPPoE which from what I understand is a consumer technology, SBC is the only provider who can offer other services over the DSL pair, such as ATM service or voice/video over IP. -C On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 01:35:59PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > > Once upon a time, Christopher A. Woodfield <[email protected]> said: > > If I'm reading this correctly, SBC is forcing ISPs that resell SBC's DSL > > access to go with PPPoE over ATM, thus potentially forcing businesses to > > buy DSL net access from SBC directly. > > Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see how PPPoA forces businesses > to buy DSL elsewhere. > -- > Chris Adams <[email protected]> > Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services > I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- --------------------------- Christopher A. Woodfield [email protected] PGP Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB887618B
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